Ruth Dombrowski, LISW, LCSW
South Carolina · 26 years in practice
Ruth Dombrowski is a licensed social worker with 26 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LISW, South Carolina
- 5050 · expires December 2026
- LCSW, Texas
- 103725 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1619900875 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ruth
Ruth Dombrowski is a licensed social worker with 26 years of clinical experience. She practices in Texas as an LISW and LCSW and focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, or relationship strain. Ruth speaks English and works with people across borders, offering remote care for those who need it.
Her style is practical and down-to-earth. She helps people spot patterns that keep them stuck and find small changes that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Sessions include clear steps to practice between meetings and space to talk about hard feelings and losses. Ruth draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how emotions shape relationships and attachment-based ideas to trace patterns that started long ago. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
These approaches are used together to match each person’s needs. Common concerns she addresses include depression, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy and communication problems, parenting stress, sleep and eating issues, chronic illness, and caregiver fatigue. She also supports people facing identity and sexuality matters, including LGBT issues and kink-friendly topics.
Ruth offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule. Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary by location and therapist availability. To begin, select Start Therapy, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ruth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ruth names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion-focused and practical methods work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at how feelings shape our responses and close or open connections with others. It helps people understand emotional patterns that fuel conflict, anxiety, or withdrawal and supports new ways of relating. Attachment-Based Therapy traces long-standing bonds and how they influence current behavior, helping people make sense of recurring relationship struggles and increase emotional safety.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, history, and what feels most helpful, then recommend combining techniques as needed. Clients are invited to try approaches and adjust the plan based on what actually helps in daily life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work when video isn’t possible or bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or fit short conversations into a busy day. These options make it easier to have consistent care while juggling work, family, or health challenges.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and caregiver stress, sleep and eating problems, and many related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and emotionally attentive. She blends emotion-focused work with cognitive tools and skills you can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns across adulthood and long-term care settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds SC LISW and TX LCSW credentials and practices from a Texas-licensed base.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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